BLOOM, Isaac, Congress, NY (1747-1803)

BLOOM, Isaac, a Representative from New York, born in Jamaica, Queens County, N.Y., about 1716; moved to Dutchess County about 1740; captain of minutemen of Charlotte precinct, Dutchess County, N.Y., 1775; merchant, 1784; member of the New York state assembly, 1788-1792; delegate to the New York state convention, 1801; member of the New York state senate, 1800-1802; elected to the Eighth Congress (March 4, 1803-April 26, 1803); died on April 26, 1803, in Clinton, Dutchess County, N.Y.; interment probably in Jamaica, N.Y.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present